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On a side note, Last night I took a couple of Oz of the concord out with the wine thief and added a tiny bit of simple syrup (always have some in the fridge, the wife likes her iced tea dry and I like mine sweet). I let it sit for about an hour and brought it to the wife and asked her to sample...

One thing I have learned from the Blueberry wine I did over the summer was that when I back-sweetened it, it took a day or two for the flavor profile to balance out. I was impatient (not the best thing in winemaking) and added more of the simple syrup to the wine shortly after initially...

Rocky - Not looking forward to making any bottle bombs and have Sorbate on hand.. Unfortunately, we have not been out to Amish Country (Sugar Creek) this year where she always buys her concord and we are out! (no chance to compare unfortunately) JJDUEN - That sounds feasible, but I worry about...

A few things I did not mention: 1. It fermented dry to .990 2. Final ABV was roughly %13.1 OG: 1.09 3. No starting acid or PH as I had not progressed that far in my testing knowledge or testing equipment procurement at that time.

Hello from chilly central Ohio. (got our first dusting of snow last night) Anyway.. My wife likes, no strike that, loves Concord wine. This year I was able to obtain enough concord grapes from a local vineyard to do a 6 gallon batch. My wife likes her wines dry but does not get that the...

Thanks for the advice folks! Turock - I see you are in Ohio. Just outside of Columbus here.

OK, I read the article that you linked and found it very informative! I did not smell any of the other odors mentioned (garlic, cabbage, onion, rubber, skunky) so I may have gotten lucky and just had volatile H2S and hopefully no mono-mercaptans have formed. The house was rotten egg odor free...

Hello all, Here's the situation - On the 23'rd of October I pressed my Chambourcin and transferred it to a 6 gallon carboy. SG at the time was about 1.02 or so (at work without my logbook and going from memory). I had planned on leaving it on the skins for longer but I had to go out of...

Hello folks, To start off, I am just transitioning into making wine from fruit as opposed to juices and kits. I'm starting to learn more of the art of making wine than just following instructions in a kit. To that end I have been reading forums like WMT and talking with a local...

Hello everyone! I just recently found the site and created an account. I have been making wine from kits and juices for a few years and have recently moved into using actual fruit and grapes. My ultimate goal is starting a small vineyard/winery. I will be enrolling in the VESTA program...